Racing: Joy, sadness for Latimer

Bob Latimer
Bob Latimer
Geraldine trainer Bob Latimer won two races in a day for the first time yesterday at Forbury Park but there was sadness about the occasion.

His father, Stan, who raced the second winner, Late Arrival, died a fortnight ago at the age of 84.

Latimer shares the ownership of his other winner, Golden Bomber with Hubert Christey, of Winslow.

"Hubert gave me a half share after I had broken the horse in," Latimer said.

"I have always bought my feed from Hubert."

Latimer has been training for some 30 years.

Christey races Master Bomber, winner of the Ordeal Cup at Addington this month.

He earlier raced the good pacing winner Bomber Bill.

Late Arrival, who was bred by Stan Latimer, is a sister to High Endeavour and a half-sister to Sholoko.

Sholoko and High Endeavour have both won several races in Australia.

Golden Bomber and Late Arrival were driven by Dexter Dunn.

Nordic Sun had the easiest win of the day yesterday.

She led and won by six and three-quarter lengths.

King Of Strathfield has joined the Burnham stable of Mark Jones.

Neil Munro, the trainer and part-owner of King Strathfield, has been incapacitated by an arm injury.

King Of Strathfield, who is engaged at Addington on Friday night, has been placed in his two starts this season.

Jones drove King Of Strathfield to win at Rangiora and Methven at his first two starts last season.

Crystal Star, winner of 11 races and $148,000 from the Jones stable, has been retired.

Winner of the Four-Year-old Championship at Forbury Park in February, Crystal Star has been bought by Peter Chambers, of Australia, as a broodmare.

Jones has taken a 25% share in Telemecanique and the mare has been sent to New Jersey to be trained by Richard Norman. Telemecanique took a record of 1.57.6 when she won the Equine Stakes at Winton in December. She won six races for Jones and five for David and Catherine Butt.

Guadeloupe is back with Jones.

Guadeloupe won first up for owner Colin Harvey at Oamaru in April last year.

The Monarchy gelding won two starts later for Jones at Rangiora.

Major Domus, who cleared maiden trotting ranks at Oamaru on Sunday, is a sister to well-performed trotters Major Decision and Conagher.

The Armbro Invasion-Second Guess mare, who had not raced since May, is trained by Joe Clementson.

He has been associated with Major Decision and Conagher, who both won races at Oamaru.

Major Decision won a maiden trot there as a 4yr-old in March, 1999 at his third start.

He carried on to win 17 races, including the 2002 National Trot at Alexandra Park.

He is now used for trekking at Peel Forest.

Major Domus is an 8yr-old but she was not broken in until she was 5.

Conagher, winner of eight races, had his second win at Oamaru in 2005.

Conagher, who has not raced since May, finished third to King Charlie and King Of Strathfield at the workouts on Saturday.

He is set to resume racing at Motukarara on Sunday.

Clementson races Major Domus with Ray Martin, of Halswell.

The Woodville-Pahiatua meeting, due to be held tomorrow, has been abandoned due to the saturated track, New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing said yesterday.

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